Urbanity on Film

Thank you to everyone that came out to our very first screening at Tomkins Park on Friday September 11.  We had wicked turnout – running about 85 people throughout the night and the weather cooperated to give us a beautiful, clear, fall evening.

The films worked together for a brilliant screening.  Films dealing with gentrification and change melded with films that dealt with crime and artistic expression through the not-so-legal form of graffiti.   It was great to see people drawn in to the screening, like moths to the light; some stayed and took in a film , then wandered away, some who wandered back for another film or two and then others who stayed to watch the entire screening.  Thank you to the fabulous audiences and new friends.  Thanks especially to the two gentlemen from Manchester, who took in a film documenting urban changes in their hometown, and donated some cash to the organizations running the program.  You made my night, and I promise it did not go towards buying anybody any coffee!

Check out photos from the screening below and remember to come by for Screening Number Two at Whitehorn Community Association this Friday!